Space Vocabulary

Question 1

The path of an object in space as it moves around another object due to gravity

Answer 1

Orbit

Question 2

The Sun and its family of orbiting planets and moons and other objects

Answer 2

Solar system

Question 3

Millions and billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity.

Answer 3

Galaxy

Question 4

Space and all the matter and energy in it

Answer 4

Universe

Question 5

An object that orbits a more massive object.

Answer 5

Satellite

Question 6

A round pit left behind on the surface of a planet after a smaller object strikes the surface

Answer 6

Impact crater

Question 7

An imaginary line about which a turning body such as Earth rotates

Answer 7

Rotation

Question 8

The motion of one body around another, such as the Earth in its orbit around the Sun

Answer 8

Revolution

Question 9

One of a pattern of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year

Answer 9

Season

Question 10

In an orbit, a position and time in which sun shines equally on both hemispheres

Answer 10

Equinox